What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Its easy as pie, i did it numerous times never any problems

 

Beat down my pinch welds, ha. Easier than I thought.

 

46k is with a bunch of add ons. Base trail is only about 41k.

They only come in auto. A base trail(41k) is only about 4k more than an SR5 v6. Locker, Lift, black seats, color matched bumper, trd pro grille, wheels and skids plates. 4k for all that seems very reasonable. It's basically a nicer looking TRD off road without the electronic off-road assists.

 

I live in south Florida and my truck lives in the driveway (the wife's Prius and my Honda Goldwing get the garage). No problem there lol.

 

I was afraid too.
Go slow and don't force anything. You'll be fine.
Work your way around the cap to find the clips. They should send a handy pry tool like this.

 

Installed TOPO tailgate letters:

 

Is 41k this years price? I’m sure I paid sub $38k last year for my 22. Agree with what you’ve said though, a slight lift and wheels would’ve been all I did to the OR I originally went in for, the locker seats were a bonus!

 

I used painters tape to pull my tails (reverse LEDs), I was also afraid of pulling too hard in the wrong area. One strip of tape on the outside of the tail light lens works beautifully.

 

Holy shit that last pic

 

I think they start at 41k now.

I also like the basic sr5 tail lights better.

 

You can't break them lol. They're flexible plastic. One of mine went flying across the garage and landed on the floor. Picked it up without any damage and I popped it back on after the install.

 

It's the ARB Touring 1250mm X 2100mm. They offer a bunch of different sizes. CVT and Roam Adventure Co. Also make similar products. I've been super happy with mine. It's survived several beach and camping trips.

 

This is awesome. Does your friend have the print file?

 

Trust me, I've found ways to break the unbreakable

 

We used to live in New Zealand where the Tacoma is the Hilux and they're referred to as a "ute". They rule the roads and back country. Sold like the one below at the dealerships. Yours could pass the ute test every day of the week mate. Good on 'ya!

 

In an effort to not have to buy new taillights I spent a couple days attempting to trouble shoot the Cali raised tails but it was all for not. They ended up essentially dying completely on my way to work last night (everything except the turn signal) so I had to Amazon some cheap ones to install today before work to get me by until I pick out some better ones.

 

OEM replacements can be found on flea bay for $150ish.

 

Bummer. CaliRaisedLED has been super responsive to issues for me. Worth touching base with them to see if they'll make it right.

I installed the VLED taillight kit but kept all of the original bulbs and such just in case. Really like 'em and so far so good! More here.

 

That's very comforting, thank you

 

I ended up stripping some of the connectors off and wire nutting them (just to see if they’d work) so I essentially wrote off getting the issues remedied by them.

Me being the nice guy that I am, I gave someone my factory tails a few months ago so I was kind of stuck between a rock and a hard place haha.

I do really like the VLED kit though. I may end up going back to factory and using them. Thanks.